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…here are photos of The Taming of the Shrew:
http://www.wildgardenseed.com/Taj/spanish/photos/

The images are displayed through a PHP script that I wrote. If anyone else want’s it, just let me know and I’ll email it to you (taj at wildgardenseed dot com).

The play went really well (considering we had only 5.25 practices)–really, really well. I was happy :). Thank’s to everyone who helped.

The set’s (although you can’t see them all in the pictures) were awesome! They totaled something like 4.5 refrigerator boxes (see, that’s what happens when Kit and I are unsupervised). They wrapped around the whole front of the room (as Maria called it–”OmniMax”, although I have no idea what an OmniMax is :P).

Photo of (almost) everyone: From R to L:
Teresa H. (Servant), Abby H. (Lucentio), Maria H. (Bianca), Phillip H. (Hortensio), Kit M. (My brother–Petruchio), Joseph K. (Señor Minola), Monica H. (Katherina), Me (As a priest–I was also Gremio).

For those of you who don’t know the story, here’s a synopsis that I wrote:

The Taming of the Shrew, written by William Shakespeare in 1594.

Baptista Minola, a rich merchant who lives in Padua, Italy has two daughters, Bianca and Katherina. They both are old enough to marry. Bianca has many suitors, but Katherina doesn’t because she has the temperament of a shrew. There are rumors that Minola will give a lot of money to the man who will marry Katherina. Señor Minola also has a rule; no one will marry Bianca until Katherina is married.

Hortensio are Gremio are two of Bianca’s suitors. Hortensio is young, and Gremio is old and wealthy. Because of Minola’s rule, they make a deal with each other to find a suitor for Katherina. Hortensio runs into his friend Petruchio who is in desperate need of money and is willing to marry Katherina. Minola says that he will give preference to anyone who can find a good tutor for his daughters. Gremio finds Lucentio, a scholar who has come to study in Pauda. He introduces him to Minola and expects to be rewarded.

Petruchio marries Katherina and wears out her head-strong manner with his constant nagging, badgering, and criticism.

Much to the dismay of Gremio and Hortensio, the scoundrel scholar Lucentio wins the heart of Bianca. When Hortensio learns that Lucentio will marry Bianca, he rushes off to find a rich widow to marry.

At the banquet celebrating the marriages, Hortensio and Minola ask Petruchio how life is now that he is married to such a difficult wife. Petruchio says that he doesn’t think that Katherina is very difficult and says he can prove it by placing a bet as to which of their new wives will come when called. Both Bianca and Hortensio’s wife refuse to come, but Katherina comes right away, bringing Bianca with her and admonishes her to be patient and considerate with her husband.

As for the script, email me (I only have the English version).

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